- Casket returned by Hamas had remains of hostage whose body IDF recovered in 2023, Israel says The Times of Israel
- LIVE: Israel accused of breaking Gaza ceasefire 125 times as attacks go on Al Jazeera
- Netanyahu says remains returned by Hamas are body parts of a hostage previously retrieved in Gaza AP News
- Egypt Aids Search for Bodies of Dead Captives in Gaza The New York Times
- Ofir Tzarfati’s family: We saw video of Hamas burying his remains in ‘despicable’ fake retrieval The Times of Israel
Impasse leaves Afghanistan-Pakistan peace talks mired in uncertainty
Three days of negotiations in Istanbul fail to yield breakthrough, but both sides maintain ceasefire is holding.
Is artificial intelligence to blame for Amazon job cuts?
Amazon confirms 14,000 layoffs after CEO says AI likely to lead to job losses.
Abe shooting suspect Yamagami pleads guilty to murder – The Japan Times
- Abe shooting suspect Yamagami pleads guilty to murder The Japan Times
- Shinzo Abe: Man pleads guilty to killing Japan's former prime minister BBC
- Man Pleads Guilty to Killing Shinzo Abe, Former Prime Minister of Japan The New York Times
- Japan defendant admits to killing ex-PM Abe in first court hearing, media say Reuters
- Man accused of assassinating Japan's ex-prime minister Shinzo Abe pleads guilty: "Everything is true" CBS News
House of Dynamite writer ‘respectfully disagrees’ with Pentagon’s complaints about nuclear missile thriller
Noah Oppenheim responded to complaints from the Pentagon over the accuracy of the film’s depiction of the US’s defence systems
Warning: contains a spoiler for the plot of House of Dynamite
Noah Oppenheim, the writer of Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear-missile thriller House of Dynamite has responded to complaints from the Pentagon over the accuracy of its depiction of the US’s defence systems, saying he “respectfully disagree[s]”.
In an internal memo dated 16 October obtained by Bloomberg, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) said: “The fictional interceptors in the movie miss their target and we understand this is intended to be a compelling part of the drama intended for the entertainment of the audience,” but results from real-world testing “tell a vastly different story.”
Continue reading...Tourist plane crash in Kenya kills 11 on board
The aircraft was flying from a popular coastal resort to a game park when it came down.
Kenya tourist plane crashes kills 11 on board while flying from Diani to Maasai Mara – BBC
- Kenya tourist plane crashes kills 11 on board while flying from Diani to Maasai Mara BBC
- Plane carrying foreign tourists crashes en route to popular reserve in Kenya, killing 11 people CBS News
- Kenyan plane carrying foreign tourists crashes, 11 killed Reuters
- 11 killed in Kenya plane crash while en route to Maasai Mara National Reserve CNN
- 11 Dead After Tourist Plane Crashes During Flight to Wildlife Safari in Kenya People.com
Most countries fail to submit new climate pledges ahead of summit
The UN's review of national climate plans shows the world is well off track to limit warming
All fail Caesar: students at eight schools taught wrong topic for final year 12 history exam
Queensland checking all 172 schools sitting exam with pupils expected to claim special consideration after studying the wrong Roman emperor
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Year 12 students from at least eight schools in Queensland were taught the wrong topic for their final history exams and authorities are now checking with 172 schools to see if any more were affected.
Students were meant to study Julius Caesar, but the affected pupils instead learned about his nephew Augustus, according to the Queensland Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Continue reading...Japanese PM promises golden age in relations with US during Trump visit
Sanae Takaichi says she will nominate Trump for peace prize as two leaders sign agreement on rare earths
Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has pledged to realise a “golden age” in relations with the US and to “fundamentally reinforce” her country’s defence posture at the start of a visit by Donald Trump.
The US president, who is in Japan on the second leg of a week-long tour of Asia, and Takaichi quickly signed an agreement laying out a framework to secure the mining and processing of rare earths and other minerals.
Continue reading...Jacinta Nampijinpa Price ‘didn’t care’ about making false claims, defamation trial told
The Liberal senator ‘tarnished’ reputation of Central Land Council chief, court hears, but she says there was public interest
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A Liberal senator accused of defaming the head of a large Aboriginal land council was an evasive witness who made baseless allegations and gave “illogical and self-serving” answers, a court has been told.
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been sued by Central Land Council chief executive, Lesley Turner, over an allegedly defamatory media release in July 2024 that claimed there had been a failed no-confidence motion against him.
Continue reading...Rare earths, Nobel nomination and cheers: Trump ends Japan leg of Asia tour
The red carpet was rolled out for Trump by Japan's Sanae Takaichi, who has only been prime minister since last week.
Atlanta journalist says he ‘won’t be the only’ one deported by Trump officials
Emmy award-winner Mario Guevara warns administration ‘has the power’ after he was arrested and sent to El Salvador
Mario Guevara has said he may have been “the first” immigrant journalist whom Donald Trump’s administration deported from the US while working – but the Emmy award-winner added: “I don’t think [I’ll] be the only one.”
“Just be careful because [immigration agents are] very aggressive,” Guevara recently said from El Salvador in a virtual interview with the US Freedom of the Press Tracker, during which he was asked whether he had any message for other immigrant colleagues in the industry. “They showed they are – they don’t care about journalists. They don’t believe in the media.”
Continue reading...Suspect pleads guilty to murdering former Japanese PM Abe
As trial opens, Tetsuya Yamagami admits murdering Japan's longest serving leader three years ago.
Queensland puberty blocker ban reinstated by health minister hours after supreme court overturned it
Move comes after parent successfully challenged LNP’s previous ban on new patients under 18 accessing hormone treatments for gender dysphoria
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The Queensland health minister has issued a new order banning the prescription of puberty blockers for transgender patients, just hours after the state’s supreme court ruled the government’s first attempt was unlawful.
On Tuesday, Justice Peter Callaghan ruled in favour of a challenge by the parent of a transgender child, judging that the January directive establishing the ban was made improperly and was unlawful.
Continue reading...Man pleads guilty to killing Japan’s former PM Shinzo Abe
Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, shot Abe multiple times as he appeared at a political event in 2022.
Expanded state powers on fossil fuel projects and water ‘betrayal’ of Australians, nature law critics say
Extracts of planned changes to the EPBC Act prompt ‘anger’ from conservation organisations that fear nature protection will be weakened
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State governments could be given expanded powers to make decisions on fossil fuel developments under Labor’s proposed overhaul of environment law, prompting “shock and anger” from community-based conservation organisations that fear nature protection would be weakened.
The Albanese government plans to introduce its planned changes to the national law – the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act – to parliament later this week, and has been briefing interest groups on its plans.
Continue reading...Dodgers outlast Blue Jays in World Series epic
Freddie Freeman hits a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven World Series, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in an epic game.
World’s climate plans fall drastically short of action needed, analysis shows
Recent plans submitted to UN by more than 60 countries would cut carbon by only 10%, a sixth of what is needed
Recently drafted climate plans from scores of countries fall drastically short of what is needed to stave off the worst effects of climate breakdown, analysis has shown.
More than 60 countries have so far submitted national plans on greenhouse gas emissions to the UN, setting out how they will curb carbon for the next decade.
Continue reading...First person arrives on Nauru triggering Australia’s $2.5bn deal with island nation
Deal between federal government and Nauru expected to last 30 years and apply to around 350 people released under high court’s NZYQ ruling
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Australia has commenced its $2.5bn deal with Nauru to offload more than 350 people from the NZYQ cohort after the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, confirmed the first arrival had landed on the tiny Pacific island last week.
Burke said Nauruan authorities had confirmed the arrival on Friday, as reported by the ABC, triggering the first yearly instalment of $408m.
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